Re: Ancestor worship etc.

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From: Alex Ferguson <abf_at_cs.ucc.ie>
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 04:39:52 GMT

Jane Williams:
> Ty Kora Tek does have definite links with chatting to the dead. But,
> TKT reps. will be female. In most Orlanthi clans, women have moved
> into the clan when they married, and their ancestors will not be those
> of the rest of the clan.

Good points. But perhaps many TKT cultists are widowed, unmarried, or divorced? Or else, are associated with tribal earth temples, rather than clan ones?

If all else fails, "journey to great aunt Gertrude's clan to consult the TKT priestess" might be an amusing scenario hook, but I'll grant it would seem a tad odd as the normative state.

Slan,
Alex.